01 Mar 2022 | Kia EV6 Named Car Of The Year

Episode 1390,   Mar 01, 2022, 05:00 PM

On the podcast today:
• Lucid slashes 2022 vehicle production forecast
• Kia EV6 named 2022 Car of the Year
• Kia EV6 Wholesale Shipments Exceeded 6,000 In January 2022
• US: Hyundai Ioniq 5 Sales Surges In February
• Felicity Ace Cargo Ship Carrying Porsches, VWs, and Lamborghinis Has Sunk
• Electric Vehicles Dominate UK Car of the Year Awards 2022
• Atto 3 fixed pricing confirmed, as BYD gears up to power 1 million EVs a year
• Apple has Won an Electric Vehicle Patent covering a next-gen Liquid Cooling System
• Copenhagen Airport to install 1,350 charging stations
• Northvolt to Transform a Former Paper Mill in Sweden into a EV Battery Gigafactory -
• Italian union sees deal on Termoli battery plant by March 10
• Here Are All the EVs That Come With Free Charging
• City of Houston purchases 100 electric vehicles to replace aging fleet
• 5 ways US states can get more electric school buses on the road
• Trains With Batteries Big Enough To Power Small Towns

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LUCID SLASHES 2022 VEHICLE PRODUCTION FORECAST

- Lucid Group is cutting its car production forecast for this year by as much as 40%, sending shares of the electric vehicle start-up tumbling 14% during after hours trading.

- The company on Monday cited supply chain constraints and parts quality issues for slashing production to between 12,000 and 14,000 vehicles, down from initial expectations of 20,000.

- Rawlinson said Lucid also will delay its second vehicle, an electric SUV called Gravity, to the first half of 2024. It was initially expected in 2023. He said the delay is to refine the product and give more time to impose best practices from launching the Air.

- Lucid said customer reservations now exceed 25,000 units, reflecting potential sales of more than $2.4 billion. That’s up from 17,000 units in November.


KIA EV6 NAMED 2022 CAR OF THE YEAR

- he all-new Kia EV6 has been named the 2022 Car of the Year in the prestigious Car of the Year (COTY) awards.

- 59-strong jury consisting of highly respected motoring journalists from 22 European countries.

- The Kia EV6 was initially listed for consideration for the top award alongside over sixty models that launched during 2021. In November, the COTY jury whittled this longlist down to a seven-strong shortlist, six of which were electric vehicles (EVs)

- The Kia EV6 received a total of 279 points to claim victory and be crowned 2022 Car of the Year, followed by the Renault Mégane E-Tech (265 points), Hyundai IONIQ 5 (261 points), Peugeot 308 (191 points), Škoda Enyaq iV (185 points), Ford Mustang Mach-E (150 points) and Cupra Born (144 points).

- The 2022 Car of the Year award is the latest in a growing number of globally renowned awards bestowed on the EV6 since its introduction last year. Other titles recently claimed include: 2022 Irish Car of the Year; 2022 What Car? ‘Car of the Year’; ‘Crossover of the Year’ at the TopGear.com 2021 awards; ‘Premium’ winner in the German Car of the Year 2022 awards; and joint winner of the inaugural ‘Best Cars of the Year’ 2021/2022 awards.

- The EV6 is the first of seven dedicated EV models Kia plans to launch by 2026.


- The EV6 was crowned this year’s winner in a ceremony at the Palexpo exhibition centre in Geneva, Switzerland, which would typically now be hosting the Geneva International Motor Show but for its cancellation for the third year running.

- The EV6 – the first Kia to win the award, and the third pure battery-electric car to do so – scored 279 points as it saw off challenges from six other shortlisted cars in a closely fought competition.

- The EV6 follows the Nissan Leaf in 2011 and the Jaguar I-Pace in 2019 as winning BEVs

- The Car of the Year is an independent organisation supported by nine automotive publications, including Autocar, from nine European countries.


KIA EV6 WHOLESALE SHIPMENTS EXCEEDED 6,000 IN JANUARY 2022

- According to Kia, last month, EV6 wholesale sales (closely related to production) amounted to 6,378. Interestingly, only 115 units were sold in South Korea, while the rest were envisioned for export.

- Cumulatively, the company produced over 35,000 EV6, out of which about 11,000 were sold in South Korea. For reference, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 wholesale sales amounted to 2,103 in January, which is far below the average from previous months.

- Retail sales of the Soul EV and Niro EV outside of South Korea amounted to respectively 532 and 5,419

- Kia BEV sales in last month:  EV6: 3,407 (6,378 wholesale) incl. 115 (South Korea) and 3,276 (Europe) Niro EV: 5,419 (outside South Korea) Soul EV: 532 (outside South Korea) Total: at least 9,358 (up 114% year-over-year) or 4.4% of the total volume


US: HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 SALES SURGES IN FEBRUARY

- Hyundai Motor America reports record-breaking retail February 2022 sales in the US

- the Hyundai Ioniq 5 noted 2,555 units in its second full month of customer deliveries, after 989 in January. That's a pretty strong number (4.9% of the total Hyundai volume), comparable to some of the Ford Mustang Mach-E monthly results in 2021.

- So far this year, Hyundai sold over 3,500 Ioniq 5 and almost 3,700 cumulatively


FELICITY ACE CARGO SHIP CARRYING PORSCHES, VWS, AND LAMBORGHINIS HAS SUNK

- The Felicity Ace, the cargo ship that caught fire while carrying thousands of brand new Volkswagen, Porsche, and Lamborghini vehicles, sunk Tuesday morning, according to a press statement.

- The Felicity Ace became submerged around 253 miles away from the Portuguese archipelago of Azores around 9 a.m. local time on Tuesday.

- “The weather was pretty rough out there,” Pat Adamson, a spokesperson for the Felicity Ace's operator

- Before Tuesday, the last update from the vessel's owners, Japan-based Mitsui O.S.K. Lines transportation company (MOL), came on February 25, saying the boat was stable and had been boarded by salvage crews.

- The Felicity Ace's fire was reportedly complicated by a number of electric cars onboard


ELECTRIC VEHICLES DOMINATE UK CAR OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2022

- The results from the first round of voting in the UK Car of the Year Awards 2022 sees eight manufacturers triumph in 10 categories. Doubling up on Awards were Skoda – winning with its Fabia and Enyaq models in the Best Supermini and Best Medium Crossover categories respectively – and Hyundai. The Korean manufacturer’s IONIQ 5 topped the Best Family Car crown

- Another manufacturer picking up its first UK Car of the Year Award was Fiat. The company’s 500-e was deemed by the judges to be the Best City Car in this year’s competition.

- BMW’s victory in the Best Large Crossover category – with the iX – ensured that the Germany manufacturer remained the most successful brand at the UK Car of the Year Awards.

- this year sees another electric car voted best in its class as the Porsche Taycan was crowned Best Luxury Car.


ATTO 3 FIXED PRICING CONFIRMED, AS BYD GEARS UP TO POWER 1 MILLION EVS A YEAR

- EV Direct has confirmed there will be no hiking up of or bargaining on prices for the BYD Atto 3 electric crossover after the announcement it will sell through Eagers Automotive dealerships on Thursday.

- Previously only available to order online through the EV Direct website, the Eagers deal includes a 49% stake in the BYD import group and along with a deal with mycar will see the fledgling import company secure exposure to some 80% of the Australian population, enabling regional test drives.

- The BYD Atto 3 launched in late February with great fanfare, and with the announcement that the electric crossover from China EV giant BYD would become the most affordable EV on the market currently, priced from $44,900.


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CITY OF HOUSTON PURCHASES 100 ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO REPLACE AGING FLEET
 

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